Reforward (remail) envelope FROM UK - Where?

AlexMac

What a fascinating thread; all the more so because it has sustained through #40 posts!

Appropos of nothing, it reminded me of a trial I sat through a couple of years ago as a juror; the accused denied point blank that they knew anything about a consignment of drugs which were delivered to their flat as an "accommodation address". He or she was just the donkey.

(Yes, I know about the rules on contempt of court and the omerta of the jury room; which is why I don't identify the court, the outcome, the donkey, the donkey's gender, the drugs, their origin, or the address...)

Good luck finding your donkey!

silvercar

Eugene0 wrote: »

AdrianC: noone pays me anything but this doesn't mean i couldn't make profit from it. I didn't lie to anyone but yes, as you said, I will honestly say that i don't want them to know I am not from UK.

bazzyb: content of envelope is irrelevant here. If I am able to find service provider for delivery+reship then he/she will provide the service regardless if X or Y content. I may agree, due to security reasons, that he/she opens and checks everything before reshipping to make sure its legal but in this case I don't have any protection on my side. He/she may refuse to reship for any reason or could simply take the content of envelope for himself/herself and never communicate with me anymore. This way its not safe for me. Although the truth is that in reality i could never really ''prevent'' service provider from opening it.

I found you a solution. It is used by many people that need a legitimate address and actually is a legitimate address. There is clearly more to this than you are prepared to reveal.

rtho782

The issue is that, even as a someone in the UK, I can't get mail delivered to an address I walk past and then collect it.

The address I got the letter delivered to would either return it to sender as unknown at this address, or I would have to break the law and try to pilfer it from their mailbox.

gettingtheresometime

Eugene0 wrote: »

bazzyb: content of envelope is irrelevant here.

I must remember to tell the nice postmistress this next time I'm sending a thick envelope full of engineering drawings I'm sending.


Has anyone called wind up merchant yet? If not then can I ?

fairy_lights

Alderbank

rtho782 wrote: »

The issue is that, even as a someone in the UK, I can't get mail delivered to an address I walk past and then collect it.

The address I got the letter delivered to would either return it to sender as unknown at this address, or I would have to break the law and try to pilfer it from their mailbox.

Mailboxes!
There is a cultural difference here between the UK and US. OP does not know the UK and appears to believe that we have the same mailboxes by the front gate that are common in the USA. If that were the case and your daily walk to the station took you past a house you knew to be empty you would indeed be able to sneak a peek inside the mailbox. However I have never seen a single example of a US-type open mailbox anywhere in the UK, so the OP's crafty plan seems to be impossible.

custardy

Alderbank wrote: »

Mailboxes!
There is a cultural difference here between the UK and US. OP does not know the UK and appears to believe that we have the same mailboxes by the front gate that are common in the USA. If that were the case and your daily walk to the station took you past a house you knew to be empty you would indeed be able to sneak a peek inside the mailbox. However I have never seen a single example of a US-type open mailbox anywhere in the UK, so the OP's crafty plan seems to be impossible.

They do exist,though not common

rtho782

Alderbank wrote: »

Mailboxes!
There is a cultural difference here between the UK and US. OP does not know the UK and appears to believe that we have the same mailboxes by the front gate that are common in the USA. If that were the case and your daily walk to the station took you past a house you knew to be empty you would indeed be able to sneak a peek inside the mailbox. However I have never seen a single example of a US-type open mailbox anywhere in the UK, so the OP's crafty plan seems to be impossible.

That's a good point, although surely taking things from those mailboxes is illegal in the US?

I was picturing picking a house I walk past daily and trying to reach into their letter box with some form of hook to retrieve said letter, then explaining to the police that I was just collecting mail for a friend that I had gotten delivered to a strangers house!

Alderbank

rtho782, the hook you describe is widely used by car thieves to steal car keys so the police will have no doubt what you are up to.

You are overthinking this. If you wish to help the OP, say you know a property where you have access to mail on your daily walk and give him your own address. Simples!

chappers

Ok you've convinced me you're legit. I'll do it